Category: Facts
11 Creepy facts that show the making of the Exorcist was as disturbing as the movie itself The tales surrounding the year-long shoot of “The Exorcist”, are almost as …
Before we had widespread collective nouns for animal groups, we had 7 names for animal droppings. These include the wonderful expressions : “the wagging” (the fox) , “the wardrobe” …
A bed was the most expensive single item of the Medieval and early modern household. In the history of bed culture, the bed made the family. Marriages were made …
Female Grooming in the Middle Ages included shaving and plucking, but only on foreheads, temples and eyebrows. This grooming was in pursuit of the hot Medieval huge, freckle-free forehead. …
Are you a fan of the 10 words or so (plus variants) in English that constitute swear words? Could you come up with six before breakfast? Could you hold …
Here’s the formula for a female Medieval beauty makeover Whiten your face, accentuate your bulging forehead, thin your eyebrows, round your shoulders, cover your hair and push your stomach …
We recognise modern tourist impulses and experiences in Medieval pilgrims. Our prevailing image of Medieval Europe is a static, narrow world in which most people never left their home …
Medieval Breastfeeding Royal and noble babies were almost always given to wet-nurses when they were born. Which is ironic if you consider that even then Medieval Breastfeeding chroniclers stressed …
Medieval Astrology was taken very seriously. Although some Medieval astrologers were thought to be magicians, many were highly respected scholars. Astrologers believed that the movements of the stars influenced …
The church’s stance was that Medieval marriage was okay if you weren’t strong enough to remain virginal all your life. As 1 Corinthians 7:9 puts it : “But if …
What sort of a man was the Medieval executioner? How did people in their communities feel about them? Was their job well-paid? For many a Medieval executioner, his career …
In Medieval times, food was medicine, religion and status. And in Medieval feasts, an art-form The Medieval poor mostly ate pottage – basically cabbage soup with some barley or …
